Road-cart



(No Model.)

' J. KIMBALL'.

ROAD CART.

No. 482,579. Patented Sept. 13, 1892.

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1 UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JESSE KIMBALL, OF NEW LYIADRID, MISSOURI.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,579, datedSeptember 13, 1892. Application filed May 10, 1892. $eria1No.4=32,456.No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ESSE KIMBALL, of New Madrid, in the county of NewMadrid and State of Missouri, have invented a new and ImprovedRoad-Cart, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in road-carts, such as are providedwith two wheels; and the object of my invention is to produce a carriageof this description which will run very smoothly upon any ordinary road,but is especially adapted for rough roads, and in which the body isfreely suspended, so as to swing in any direction and ride very easily,and which also is provided with an easy means of adjustment by which thebody may be held so as to be properly balanced and to enable it to ridenicely.

To this end myinvention consists in a roadcart, the construction ofwhich will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of a road-cart embodying myinvention with the wheels removed and the axle in section. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a broken rear elevation showing indetail the hanging and shifting mechanism.

The box or body may be of any approved kind, and it is suspended on thesprings 11, which are curved upward. and are secured at the center bymeans of clips 12 to blocks 13, which are carried on the axle 14, thisbeing adapted to be journaled in wheels in the usual way. From the freeends of the springs ll are suspended links 15, the links having forks 16at their upper ends and forks 17 at their lower ends, and the forks 16and 17 are arranged at right angles to each other, so that theconnection with the springs will enable the body to, move eitherbackward and forward or sidewise. The forks 16 are pivoted to thesprings 11, and the forks 17 carry de pending links 18, which terminateat their lower ends in eyes 19, adapted to support the eyes 20 of thecross-rods 21, which are arranged near the front and rear ends of thebox 10 and project from the sides thereof, the rods being journaled insuitable bearings 22 on the under side of the box.

The forward ends of the springs 11 have upwardly and forwardly extendingleaves 23, which are secured by means of bolts in the slots 25 of thecurved crank-arms 24, these arms being arranged on opposite sides of thebox and having their lower ends fixed to a shaft 26, which extendstransversely beneath the box, and is journaled, as shown at 27, to theunder sides of the shafts 28, these being of the usual kind, and clampedto the axle 14, as shown at 29. A shifting-lever is fixed to one side ofthe shaft 26 and extends rearward parallel with the box 10, the leverhaving a series of perforations 31 therein, and

the lever is held to swing vertically in a keeper 32, which is providedwith perforations 33, adapted to register with the perforations 31 ofthe lever 30 and to receive a pin or screw 84E, by which the lever 30 isheld in a desired position. It will be seen that by moving the lever 30upward the front end of the box may be depressed, and by moving itdownward the front end of the box may be raised, and when the box is inthe downward position it is held there by the pin or screw 3st. Theobject of this arrangement is to enable the box to be properly balanced,so that it will haul easily and ride easily, and it will be understoodthat this position will necessarily vary with the weight carried by thebox, and the mechanism described provides for a very exact adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with the running-gear and thebox freely suspended thereon, of a shaft journaled beneath the box andcarried by the running-gear, crank-arms secured to the shaft andconnected with the box, and a lever mechanism for turning and adjustingthe crank-shaft, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the running'gear and the box suspended fromsprings carried by the running-gear, of a shaft journaled beneath thebox, crank-arms secured to the shaft and connected with the box-springs,a

lever secured to the shaft, and a fastening device to fix the positionof the lever, substantially as described.

3. Aroad-cart comprising the axle,the shafts secured thereto and havinga transverse rockshaft having upwardly-projecting arms slotted at theirupper ends and provided with an adjustable operating lever, thelongitudinally-extending springs secured at their mid-

